Finance
Manu Bhaker began India’s medal tally at the Paris Olympics with a historic bronze medal in the women’s 10m pistol event, scoring 221.7 in the final and became the first Indian female shooter to earn an Olympic medal.
Manu’s bronze medal marks India’s first shooting medal in 12 years, following Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar’s triumph at the 2012 London Olympics.
South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin wins gold with an Olympic record score of 243.2 points. Another Korean, Ki Yejin, gets silver with 241.3 points.
With this medal, the 22-year-old Manu become the fifth Indian shooter to win a medal in the Olympic Games, joining the list of RVS Rathore (2004), Abhinav Bindra (2008), Gagan Narang (2012) and Vijay Kumar (2012), taking India’s tally in shooting at the Olympic Games to five medals — one gold, two silver and two bronze.
Earlier in the day, Manu finished third in the qualification round, becoming the first Indian woman in 20 years to reach an Olympic shooting final in an individual event since Suma Shirur’s outstanding performance in 2004.
Notably, she was the first Indian woman to qualify for the 10m air pistol women’s final at the Olympics.
Manu’s final Olympic appearance in Tokyo 2020 ended in sadness when a pistol malfunction during qualification left her in tears.
She earned India’s quota for the Paris Olympics by placing fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships.
